QQ

See also: qq and q/q

Chinese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of English cute or Cantonese Q.

Alternative forms

• cute cute

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹ kiu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Yale: kīu kīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

QQ

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) very cute

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 𩚨𩚨 (khiū-khiū), or simply reduplication of Q.

Adjective

QQ

1. (Taiwan, slang, of food) soft and pliable; chewy (like mochi), exhibiting Q texture

Etymology 3

From the resemblance of the letter Q with an eye with tears.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kiūkiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹-kʻiu¹
    • Yale: kyōu-kyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
    • Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

QQ

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, chiefly Internet) An emoticon expressing weeping

Derived terms

• 幫QQ / 帮QQ (bāng kiūkiū)

Etymology 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kiūkiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹ kiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹-kʻiu¹
    • Yale: kyōu-kyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
    • Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Yale: kīu kīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹ kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

QQ

1. (Internet) Tencent QQ (an instant messaging software)